Online Information Review: Volume 46 Issue 5

Relationships between method-section citation rates and citation contexts: evidence from highly cited references in psychology

Kai Li

The Method section of research articles offers an important space for researchers to describe their research processes and research objects they utilize. To understand the…

Does e-government help shape citizens' engagement during the COVID-19 crisis? A study of mediational effects of how citizens perceive the government

Tunde Simeon Amosun, Jianxun Chu, Olayemi Hafeez Rufai, Sayibu Muhideen, Riffat Shahani, Miapeh Kous Gonlepa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of e-government usage on citizen engagement during the COVID-19 crisis in China, in relation to the mediating role of how…

What publics do online matters: Internet use and political information behaviors

Jarim Kim, Yesolran Kim

This study aimed to examine the relationships between different uses of Internet modes and political participation, focusing on political information behaviors, including…

Causes and consequences of unauthorized use of books: readers, authors, and publishers' perspective

Arūnas Gudinavičius, Vincas Grigas

The current study aims to identify and explore causes and consequences of unauthorized use of books from readers', publishers', and authors' points of view. The case of Lithuania…

Toward a typology of weak-signal early alert systems: functional early warning systems in the post-COVID age

Jan Černý, Martin Potančok, Elias Castro Hernandez

The study aims to expand on the concept of an early warning system (EWS) by introducing weak-signal detection, human-in-the-loop (HIL) verification and response tuning as integral…

Thinking, checking and learning: testing a moderated-mediation model of social media news use conditional upon elaboration on political knowledge via fact-checking

Bumsoo Kim, Eric Cooks, Yonghwan Kim

Employing the cognitive mediation model, the study aims to examine a moderated-mediation mechanism of social media news use contingent upon elaboration on political knowledge…

Self-disclosure in public and private groups of people with mental illnesses in Facebook

Nava Rothschild, Noa Aharony

The Internet enables various voices and opinions that previously did not participate in the community discourse to express themselves. People with mental illnesses make use of…

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of linking patterns of mainstream and partisan online news media in Central Europe

Andrea Hrckova, Robert Moro, Ivan Srba, Maria Bielikova

Partisan news media, which often publish extremely biased, one-sided or even false news, are gaining popularity world-wide and represent a major societal issue. Due to a growing…

The role of social influencers for effective public health communication

Shiromani Gupta, Satya Bhusan Dash, Rachna Mahajan

The purpose of the study is to explore the suitability of social media influencers (SMIs) for communicating public health messages via social media platforms. The study identifies…

Trespassing the gates of research: identifying algorithmic mechanisms that can cause distortions and biases in academic social media

Luciana Monteiro-Krebs, Bieke Zaman, Sonia Elisa Caregnato, David Geerts, Vicente Grassi-Filho, Nyi-Nyi Htun

The use of recommender systems is increasing on academic social media (ASM). However, distinguishing the elements that may be influenced and/or exert influence over content that…